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The Howard Hughes Medical Institute announced today it has selected Luther College as one of 47 small colleges and universities in the United States to receive grants totaling more than $50 million that will enable the schools to work together to create more engaging science classes, bring real-world research experiences to students and increase the diversity of students who study science.

Steven J. Holland, Luther College associate professor of economics, has been selected to receive a Fulbright award to teach in the southeastern European nation of Montenegro for the 2012-13 academic year.

Twenty-eight Luther College students were recognized at the Luther Department of Economics and Business Senior Achievement Recognition ceremony of 2012, held May 1 at Baker Commons. The department includes students graduating with accounting, economics or management majors and the information systems minor.

Kelly Dotseth, a Luther College senior from Colorado Springs, Colo., has been selected to participate in the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals, a year-long, federally-funded fellowship for study and work in Germany.